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Post by coverpoint on Oct 22, 2015 19:45:18 GMT
Has signed a 3 year contract ( www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/contract-latest-machan-signs-new-three-year-deal-with-sussex ). Good news and with the stability that will give him he could become one of the most important players of the new Sussex. Last year his form varied from the spectacularly good to the wretchedly awful, his range of shots exciting and his lack of judgment on when to play them quite damning. If he does go to the BPL this winter he could do worse than use it as practice in playing spin. Perhaps it is a lack of concentration, and he showed that in the field where he gave away quite a few chances last year through seeming inattention. Let's hope that he moves on from that to the kind of consistency Luke Wright is now showing, and with the two of them on song Sussex could really have a classy middle order. Very harsh that assessment, for a young player he had an absolutely outstanding season First three quarters yes very good however he had a poor end to the season which ultimately cost him a chance of 1,000 championship runs.
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Post by fraudster on Oct 24, 2015 15:36:25 GMT
Yes, a success story from within the ranks so far. He finished the season with an incredible 79.98 strike rate in the Championship, very impressive, but he also got out a lot to overly aggressive shots, I believe, after blitzing run-a-ball 20s. So a slight reign-in at important times may be required. Decision making and awareness really, if you can work on that. Not exactly a traditional number three but there he is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:41:54 GMT
Yes, a success story from within the ranks so far. He finished the season with an incredible 79.98 strike rate in the Championship, very impressive, but he also got out a lot to overly aggressive shots, I believe, after blitzing run-a-ball 20s. So a slight reign-in at important times may be required. Decision making and awareness really, if you can work on that. Not exactly a traditional number three but there he is. In Machan's defence, I'd say he is a typical modern English batsman, reared on white ball cricket. Even when playing four day cricket, such players will not take the old-fashioned approach of patting the good balls back to the bowler and waiting for the bad ball and punishing it; they will 'go hard' in all circumstances. You can't really blame Machan for that. The handful of batsmen England have produced in recent years who bat in the 'old style' at their own pace have for the most part received short shrift from the England management/selectors and soon be jettisoned - players like Robson, Compton, Ballance and Lyth. England has adopted an attitude which says 'we've got Cook to do that so we don't need another batter in the same mould'. Which overlooks the fact that England's period of maximum success also had Strauss and Trott batting in similar fashion. Every young batsman now believes he is expected to bat like Kevin Pietersen or Chris Gayle or Glenn Maxwell or Brendon MacCullum all the time in all formats, whether he has the talent to do so or not. You can't blame them when they see that even the England T est line-up is dominated by one-day dashers like Moeen, Bairstow, Buttler, Stokes etc. It's where the money and the acclaim now lie and there is little reward or kudos in trying to bat 'properly' in the old-fashioned sense. The reality, of course, is only the most exceptional players are capable of adhering strictly to the MCC coaching manual and still scoring at a decent lick - Lara, Matthew Hayden and KP are three who come to mind in recent years and of the current crop Warner, Kohli and Root are probably the best at doing so. A long-winded way of saying Machan is doing just fine and he probably will not enhance his game or advance his career by trying to bat like Luke Wells.
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Post by hhsussex on Oct 25, 2015 9:02:01 GMT
Yes, a success story from within the ranks so far. He finished the season with an incredible 79.98 strike rate in the Championship, very impressive, but he also got out a lot to overly aggressive shots, I believe, after blitzing run-a-ball 20s. So a slight reign-in at important times may be required. Decision making and awareness really, if you can work on that. Not exactly a traditional number three but there he is. In Machan's defence, I'd say he is a typical modern English batsman, reared on white ball cricket. Even when playing four day cricket, such players will not take the old-fashioned approach of patting the good balls back to the bowler and waiting for the bad ball and punishing it; they will 'go hard' in all circumstances. You can't really blame Machan for that. The handful of batsmen England have produced in recent years who bat in the 'old style' at their own pace have for the most part received short shrift from the England management/selectors and soon be jettisoned - players like Robson, Compton, Ballance and Lyth. England has adopted an attitude which says 'we've got Cook to do that so we don't need another batter in the same mould'. Which overlooks the fact that England's period of maximum success also had Strauss and Trott batting in similar fashion. Every young batsman now believes he is expected to bat like Kevin Pietersen or Chris Gayle or Glenn Maxwell or Brendon MacCullum all the time in all formats, whether he has the talent to do so or not. You can't blame them when they see that even the England T est line-up is dominated by one-day dashers like Moeen, Bairstow, Buttler, Stokes etc. It's where the money and the acclaim now lie and there is little reward or kudos in trying to bat 'properly' in the old-fashioned sense. The reality, of course, is only the most exceptional players are capable of adhering strictly to the MCC coaching manual and still scoring at a decent lick - Lara, Matthew Hayden and KP are three who come to mind in recent years and of the current crop Warner, Kohli and Root are probably the best at doing so. A long-winded way of saying Machan is doing just fine and he probably will not enhance his game or advance his career by trying to bat like Luke Wells. Indeed no: that is what a batting coach is for, to help talented players find ways of extending their talents and making them more complete players. I certainly wouldn't want him to bat like Luke Wells, more like Matt Machan with added nous.
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Post by fraudster on Oct 26, 2015 20:02:13 GMT
In Machan's defence, I'd say he is a typical modern English batsman, reared on white ball cricket. Even when playing four day cricket, such players will not take the old-fashioned approach of patting the good balls back to the bowler and waiting for the bad ball and punishing it; they will 'go hard' in all circumstances. You can't really blame Machan for that. The handful of batsmen England have produced in recent years who bat in the 'old style' at their own pace have for the most part received short shrift from the England management/selectors and soon be jettisoned - players like Robson, Compton, Ballance and Lyth. England has adopted an attitude which says 'we've got Cook to do that so we don't need another batter in the same mould'. Which overlooks the fact that England's period of maximum success also had Strauss and Trott batting in similar fashion. Every young batsman now believes he is expected to bat like Kevin Pietersen or Chris Gayle or Glenn Maxwell or Brendon MacCullum all the time in all formats, whether he has the talent to do so or not. You can't blame them when they see that even the England T est line-up is dominated by one-day dashers like Moeen, Bairstow, Buttler, Stokes etc. It's where the money and the acclaim now lie and there is little reward or kudos in trying to bat 'properly' in the old-fashioned sense. The reality, of course, is only the most exceptional players are capable of adhering strictly to the MCC coaching manual and still scoring at a decent lick - Lara, Matthew Hayden and KP are three who come to mind in recent years and of the current crop Warner, Kohli and Root are probably the best at doing so. A long-winded way of saying Machan is doing just fine and he probably will not enhance his game or advance his career by trying to bat like Luke Wells. Indeed no: that is what a batting coach is for, to help talented players find ways of extending their talents and making them more complete players. I certainly wouldn't want him to bat like Luke Wells, more like Matt Machan with added nous.Yep, that's about the size of it. A call for added nous rather than leaping to the other end of extreme. Whatever works for Wells works for Wells, same goes Machan, but both can tweak. That's twice I've said tweak tonight, not including that last time, I said tweak.
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Post by leedsgull on Jan 26, 2016 15:27:54 GMT
Was out first ball today playing for Scotland v Hong Kong. It was HK's first official ODI which they comfortably won, but their team seems to comprise entirely(bar1) of players of Asian descent. So are we developing the game in Hong Kong or just giving more opportunities to players of existing Test countries who happen to be economic migrants?
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 8, 2016 12:32:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 11:50:46 GMT
Everybody I spoke to last season said why is he batting at 3 in 4 day cricket.Why on earth did it take so long for proffesionals on staff to come to same conclusion
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Post by joe on May 9, 2016 12:26:50 GMT
Everybody I spoke to last season said why is he batting at 3 in 4 day cricket.Why on earth did it take so long for proffesionals on staff to come to same conclusion To be fair, it's only taken Davis/Wright three games to come to that conclusion. What went on before that has been thrashed out ad infinitum. I believe we really are seeing a new look Sussex CCC with new ideas, the best of which is the blooding of the youngsters which has already brought reward.
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Post by coverpoint on May 9, 2016 17:13:53 GMT
Everybody I spoke to last season said why is he batting at 3 in 4 day cricket.Why on earth did it take so long for proffesionals on staff to come to same conclusion In fairness to Machan and the previous regime he was our third top run scorer last season with nearly 1,000 runs and three hundreds batting at number 3.
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Post by fraudster on May 9, 2016 21:20:24 GMT
Everybody I spoke to last season said why is he batting at 3 in 4 day cricket.Why on earth did it take so long for proffesionals on staff to come to same conclusion In fairness to Machan and the previous regime he was our third top run scorer last season with nearly 1,000 runs and three hundreds batting at number 3. And in Division One. And at a strike rate of 80. Don't think he's an ideal candidate for three though, like a lot of people I imagine. Five though, he's got five all over him. Glad we've moved him anyway. He'll be good, he should stick to his game I think.
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Post by virgs1 on Jul 4, 2016 8:17:04 GMT
Scotland are playing 2 ODI's against Afghanistan today and Wednesday - Wonder why Machan wasn't picked in the squad?
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Post by joe on Jul 4, 2016 9:19:22 GMT
Scotland are playing 2 ODI's against Afghanistan today and Wednesday - Wonder why Machan wasn't picked in the squad? Form?
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Post by gardengirl on Jul 4, 2016 9:29:08 GMT
From Cricket Scotland Website "despite some local and county players being unavailable for consideration for this series". Perhaps this is the reason and nothing to do with form or not being selected.
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Post by virgs1 on Jul 4, 2016 9:32:57 GMT
From Cricket Scotland Website "despite some local and county players being unavailable for consideration for this series". Perhaps this is the reason and nothing to do with form or not being selected. If it was the clubs decision to make him unavailable that's disappointing in my opinion especially when he wasn't picked for the championship game. Its good experience and exposure for him playing on the international stage.
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